Stanley Barracks

Toronto’s Military Legacy

Stanley Barracks

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Winner of the 2012 Heritage Toronto Award of Merit

Stanley Barracks begins with the construction in 1840-41 of the new facility that replaced the then decaying Fort York Barracks. The book recounts the background of the last facility operated by the British military in Toronto and how Canada’s own Permanent Force was developed.

During the course of the stories told in this history, we learn about Canadian participation in war, including the two world wars and the barracks’ use as an internment camp for "enemy aliens"; civil-military relations as Toronto’s expansion encroached on the lands and buildings of the barracks; the establishment and growth of Toronto’s Canadian National Exhibition; the struggles and discrimination faced by immigrants in Canada in wartime; the employment of the barracks as emergency housing during Toronto’s post-war housing shortage; and the origins of Canada’s famed Royal Canadian Mounted Police. In short, Stanley Barracks is the story of Toronto.

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Winner

Heritage Toronto Award of Merit

2012

Paperback

January 2011

Status: Available

$29.99

212 pp

ISBN 978-1-55488-788-0

6 x 9 in

Digital download (EPUB)

January 2011

Status: Available

$9.99

212 pp

ISBN 978-1-45971-169-3

Digital download (PDF)

January 2011

Status: Available

$29.99

212 pp

ISBN 978-1-55488-850-4

About the Author

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Aldona Sendzikas was formerly the assistant curator at Historic Fort York, and during that time became very familiar with Toronto's military history. Currently, she teaches Military History, among other history courses, at the University of Western Ontario. She lives in London, Ontario.

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We acknowledge the support of the Canada Council for the Arts and the Ontario Arts Council for our publishing program. We also acknowledge the financial support of the Government of Canada through the Canada Book Fund and Livres Canada Books, and the Government of Ontario through the Ontario Book Publishing Tax Credit and the Ontario Media Development Corporation.